Wagon-bed lifter



J.M.B LAND.

v WAGON'BEDLIFTER (No Model.)

Patented July 26, 1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. BLAND, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

WAGON-BED LIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,732, dated July 26,1881.

' Application filed December 14, 1380. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN M. BLAND, of Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wagon-Bed Lifters and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a view, in perspective, of a wagon-V bed lifter embodying my improvements; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the cranearm folded down for transportation.

This inven tion has relation to portable cranes for lifting wagon-beds and the like in form or other use 5 and it consists of the improved features of construction and combination hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, the base of the machine consists'of two pieces, A and B, intersecting each other atright angles, the top piece being recessed at its middle to embrace the bottom piece, and provided at its ends with blocks a a to level: the base and make it set evenly upon the ground. The ends of the cross-pieces A and B are provided with holes b I), through which stakes are to be driven to secure themachine firmly to the ground. From the bottompiece, A, rises a post, 0, to the rear faceof which the Windlass D is secured in any'suitable manner. An upright, E, is stepped in the piece A,

, immediately in front of the post 0, and is secured to the latter by staples F, so that the upright may be turned completely around, if desired, or swung to either side from a normal position. V p

At a point a short distanceabove the top of the post 0 the crane-arm G is hinged to the upright E, and a cap-brace, H, extends from the top of-the upright, to which it is connected by a mortise and tenon, to the crane-arm G, to which it is also connected by a mortise and tenon, as shown. A bolt-rod passes through -vice portable.

the crane-arm G and through the cap-brace H, which, when the crane-armis to be folded down to permit the machine to be transported, is to have the nuts 0 removed, and the rod may then be withdrawn for this purpose. The capbrace is provided at its rear end with a pulley, J, and the crane-arm is provided at its'front end with a pulley, K. A rope, L, connected with the Windlass runs over these pulleys, and donble rings M are secured to the free end of the rope. From these rings M four ropes, N, provided with hooks O, depend, and they are especially intended to be connected with a wagonbed to raise it when the Windlass is operated, and permit it to be swung over the wagong'ear and placed thereon, and this operation can be performed by a single man unaided, as the windlass is provided with the usual pawl and ratchet, and the weight may be stopped at any point of the elevation or descent.

Itis evident that the device may be used for analogous purposes.

The folding crane-arm is the essential feature of the invention, asthis renders the de- It is cheap, simple, and durable, and may be used by asingle person unaided by others. I

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a wagon-bed litter, the combination of the base A B, the post 0, and Windlass D, with the upright E, having crane-arm G and cap-brace H, and a removable bolt-rod connectin g the cap-brace and crane-arm, substantially as set forth.

2. In a wagon-bed litter, the upright E, having hinged crane-arm G, in combination with the cap-brace H, adjustably secured to the arm G by a bolt, or its equivalent, substantially as and for the purpose shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses. Y

JOHN MILES BLAND.

Witnesses:

' THOMAS E. SHORE,

JAMES MGMILLEN. 

